Anti Ds We might be locked out of last thread,..but we will never be totally locked dow 👍

[Dowser]

How did that happen?
Taking one for the team 👍

Any other Scottish ADs waiting for exam results on Tuesday? DS waiting for highers. Last year was so stressful, this year has been so utterly weird that who can predict what will happen.

Funnily, I hate wellies. They press painfully on my high arches. I have tiny feet and chunky calves and they tend to billow and suck against my leg if I can find a pair to get my legs in. Then I tend to do dumb shit like spiking the garden fork through the surplus inches at the end of the boot that result from upsizing to adult sizes to squidge my legs in. So they don't stay waterproof anyway.

These ventilators sound more and more enticing as time goes by

Bath feels very sunny, happy and chilled these days, less big gatherings of teens in the past, but picnics and a new cafe type hit thing emeged in the botanical gardens (keep escaping there for ice cream)

Going to try the eating out thing maybe this week, pizza place and Thai is on the list along with the nice pub and cafe nearby. (both quite busy today so might have to book) Places putting up bunting, nicely busy but not crowds, nice not to have the usual busloads)

I have been overhearing comments like the residents feel they have got their city back. But for how long.

Ah Bogroll we might just get given a CPap which is like a glorified Mask with oxygen (meant to be very good though)

Checking in

@TrustTheGeneGenie

Though it won't be surprising if we're all told to start wearing wellington boots from midnight because it might rain tomorrow

To be fair ds would be overjoyed. We have regular disagreements about where it is, and where it is not appropriate to wear wellies.

Your DS sounds fab!

And, obviously, the reason for wellies is so that you do not get trenchfoot, get seriously ill, require ventilation (because remember folks if you don't like wellies you'll not like a ventilator) and sadly DIE. Your children, of course, will be orphaned.

That is absolutely the correct answer. (Were you reading my mind?)

@BogRollBOGOF
Then I tend to do dumb shit like spiking the garden fork through the surplus inches at the end of the boot that result from upsizing to adult sizes to squidge my legs in. So they don't stay waterproof anyway.

I'm sorry BogRoll, but what's the agonising pain of a stabbed big toe compared to the NHS being overwhelmed with wet feet? You'll just have to suck it up. Have you tired wearing your wellies around the house, like many 4 year olds do? You'll get used to it.

I'm afraid that mass wet feet could lead to a major outbreak of verrucaes & there just won't be enough tubes of Bazooka to go around. Why do you think Glastonbury got cancelled this year?!

Still recovering from yesterday, which was mainly spent in a friend's garden, eating and drinking. And drinking... And then a bit more drinking, and then I went back to my sister's house to stay over and have a bit more drinking. We were technically illegal, as there were 8 of us, from 6 households (lots of singles), but everyone was careful and respectful of space, especially since one person had been shielding due to chemo. And, it was bloody lovely!

Sister and partner were supposed to be going North to stay with other family members next week which is of course now Not Allowed. I did suggest that they were reckless and went anyway (which I'd probably have done) but they felt not. Which is fine, everyone assesses their own risks.

"tried", not "tired".
It's me that's "tired".

I'm just going to leave this here....

Luckily for me, when we were clearing out the yard tack room before the roof repair we found an ancient abandoned pair of Hunters in my size so with my dunlops as well I'll be extra safe in my wellies 😁

@Orangeblossom777

I used to live Butterscotch angel delight with bananas chopped in. Blancmange was a thing also. I used to suck tubes of condensed milk as well.

Sounds bloody lovely!! My nana used to make blancmange and something similar but it was hot, can't remember what it was called.

As to the condensed milk, I still like condensed milk sandwiches, or condensed milk on toast. My grandson was asking for "grandma's special spread" (either Bounty coconut spread or the Lidl own make one)but I can't find it anywhere, bloody lovely it is. Perhaps I can get him on the condensed milk on toast? My kids think it's disgusting but I don't care. If all else fails, I'll just eat it myself!
Got him again this week, we're going to walk up to a local camp site that has an ice cream bus in the grounds, then if the weather is good an afternoon in the paddling pool beckons. If not, Lego building and CBeebies it is, plus lots of biscuits, his mum doesn't buy them. Happy days.

@LivinLaVidaLoki
If a second wave does cone she can wave goodbye to that hat!

Oh FGS! "Come", not "cone".

@LivinLaVidaLoki, I saw that and got very worried. That is genuinely dangerous.

My mum's 70's kids pudding was chocolate Rice Krispie mixture placed between 2 bowls to set so that it then formed a shallow bowl iyswim and then you put Butterscotch Angel Delight, topped with whipped cream and cooking chocolate grated on the top to decorate. Thinking back it was like a chavvy Banoffee before those got invented. We bloody loved it!

@LivinLaVidaLoki

I'm just going to leave this here....

A wave is probably likely... not the type she's risk assessed for...

I've just seen an advert for a "running mask so breathable that you can drink though it"
A) why are you running close enough to someone's face to need a mask? Are you running backwards?
B) if it's that breathable, it's not going to be particularly effective against microscopic viral particals, so why bother?

Is anyone noticing that Boris seems to be playing "stir up the masses once a week"?

One week from now, it will be face nappies for church.
Yesterday, it was "squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze the brakes".
A week ago, it was face nappies in shops.
A week before that, it was announcing that it would be compulsory.
Before that, it was that that it might be compulsory.

Is there a pattern? Is this Saint Boris's way of keeping the plebs on their toes, and stopping them becoming complacent? It's become "what horror will be thrown at us this week".

All this talk of condensed milk is making my poor lactose intolerant guts churn 🤢

I'm dealing with the money dementors tonight. Not even Corona related but MN feels like another world to me. How can anyone manage with 1k a month for food, petrol and disposable income. Oh, says me, not that hard at all. We manage. Oh no you must have a shit life and only do free activities says they.

I'm a right pauper by MN standards. In RL I think we do alright. And we're poorer than usual right now cos dps no ovetime where usually he does a fair bit!

Popped into york about 6 pm for an early evening drink and am very pleased to report that it’s all looking a lot more normal.
There’s a buzz coming back to the streets.
The fillies are out in force, taxis seem to be a lot busier, restaurants are busy, some have tables on the road as traffic is shut off till 8 pm
Definitely a lot busier this weekend than last

If Boris and wanksock don’t do anything stupid there might be a chance of the city clawing it’s way back

Sad to see Bella italia and cafe rouge haven’t reopened but I think they were struggling long before lockdown

BI ..was our go to place for a quick gluten free and dairy free meal after shopping or before cinema.

Just need the entertainment back

@PickAChew
I know the feeling.
(Sobs loudly into snotty disposable mask I used as hanky yesterday after spicy onion bhaji made my nose run and neither mr Dowser or I had a tissue.
Not a problem, I’m not wearing one anyway)

@Supermarketworker06
You sound just like me
Love my grandkids to bits, I’d take a bullet for any of them

@countrygirl99
How bright are hens.
I swear the three on the caravan site know my car, they come clustering around it when they see me park up and Then demand to be fed.

The other day they walked straight into the caravan..and stood clucking in the doorway

Funny old things

Someone on another thread shared this Canadian site on Covid and sex.

www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/prevention-risks/covid-19-and-sex

I’m quite shocked by it. I mean, I am prepared to believe that it isn’t really aimed at me (a middle aged woman, married for years) but a few of the ideas just sound repellent. Glory holes? Wearing a mask during sex? What the fuck?

Sorry to lower the tone.